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Jordan Kurland has been shepherding careers of acclaimed artists since the ‘90s, with an acclaimed roster of personal clients along with being part of cutting-edge and progressive events such as Noise Pop’s multi-genre Bay Area indoor festival and the multi-genre outdoor
Treasure Island Music Festival.
As a founding partner in Brilliant Corners Artist Management, with offices in San Francisco, New York and Seattle, Kurland’s company represents an acclaimed roster including Death Cab For Cutie, Postal Service, Toro Y Moi, Best Coast, Soccer Mommy, Real Estate, New Pornographers and Pup. Kurland’s passion for music has always been a labor of love, which the pandemic and 2020 made that much more difficult, of course. “For Best Coast, we literally pulled them off the road in Detroit when the world shut down, they were about 40% of the way through a tour,” says Kurland, who, like man
Doug Smiley, New York Music Marketing Exec, Dies at 42
Doug Smiley, New York Music Marketing Exec, Dies at 42 Doug stands out as a pillar of the authenticity that I strove toward, said Santigold, one of the artists Smiley worked with.
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Doug Smiley, the marketing director for Verve Music Group, died Saturday, February 27. He had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer less than a month before dying at home in Maplewood, NJ, surrounded by family. He was 42.
Smiley joined Universal Music Group’s Verve division last year as its marketing director. He was the founder and CEO of Intergalactic Outreach, which he started in 2019 as a strategy and marketing firm. He previously held marketing posts at Brilliant Corners Artist Management, Cornerstone/The Fader, Songs Music Publishing, MeanRed Productions, and Downtown Music.
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